News that makes you smile

[Ryoki]

Heavily armed gunmen stole thousands of pounds in an attack on a convoy of diplomatic vehicles belonging to a Saudi prince in the north of Paris on Sunday evening, French police have reported. The motorcade was heading through the French capital on its way to Le Bourget airport on Boulevard Périphérique, the city's ring road.

The eight attackers, who witnesses said were armed with Kalashnikovs and were in two vehicles, forced the convoy to stop around 9pm near Porte de la Chapelle, one of the main routes in and out of the city. They stole €250,000 (£200,000) and what were described as "sensitive documents" belonging to the Saudi embassy before hijacking one of the vehicles, a Mercedes people carrier, and taking its three occupants hostage.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/a ... s-gunpoint

[LawL]

Looks like someone's trying to compete with News of the Weird.

[Ryoki]

Why, i wouldn't dream of it This is more news of the schadenfreude.

Has a couple of weird elements though... might be more than just a robbery. But if it is, it couldn't have happened to a nicer family.

[lars63]

Good post, excellent read, thanks Ryoki

[seremtan]

it couldn't have happened to a nicer family.

this

ending our dependence on oil would be worth it just so we could tell these shitlords to fuck off

[Captain]

And then they'd move half your football teams to bumfuckistan.

[seremtan]

did you mean the Islamic Republic of Bumfuckistan or the Holy Caliphate of Bumfuckistan?

[Captain]

Whichever one was most recently liberated by America.